garde champêtren.
/ɡɑːd ʃɒmˈpɛtrə/ A rural policeman; a gamekeeper.
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1814 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 97 In the country, the Garde champetres, a revolutionary institution, are the great means..of crushing them [sc. crimes] in the egg.
1831 Edinb. Rev. 54 309 The village poacher will find him [sc. the farmer] a more active garde champêtre than any keeper.
1957 G. Bellairs Death in High Provence iii. 29 The garde champêtre, the mayor's run-about, mainly concerned with duties as game and forest warden.
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